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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you want the key to getting into Princeton it is multifactorial:

1. Be URM
2. Be Legacy
3. Live in an area few Princeton students come from. In other words, move to West Virginia or Montana.
4. Ge a recruited athlete.

A white unhooked kid from the DC area needs to be top 10% of class with near perfect ACT/SAT scores (35 ACT minimum) and mind blowing ECs.[/quote]

I personally know two URM (black) kids with above 1550 SAT and perfect grades who were [b]admitted to EVERY Ivy EXCEPT Princeton[/b] last year. [b] URM doesn't help as much as many of you think.[/b]  I promise.[/quote]

How are these two statements even compatible?  Just because they didn't get 100% Ivy admission?  [b]How many non-URM kids do you hear about running the table (or almost) in Ivy League schools?  [/b]

And to be clear -  these URM students you reference are clearly great students....so don't take my comment to mean they are not deserving.  But without URM, chances are they are not getting anywhere close to 100% acceptances at Ivy.  [/quote]

Most of them. I know you want this "URM stole my kid's spot" to hold, but it just doesn't.  Most of this kids I know or have seen getting into multiple Ivies are not URM. [/quote]

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